Savannah Bananas to reveal 2026 schedule: Details
The Savannah Bananas, the adventurous, yellow-clad exhibition baseball team, will reveal their 2026 schedule Thursday night.
The “2026 Banana Ball City Selection Show” is slated to air at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Disney+, ESPN+ and the Banana Ball YouTube channel.
The show will unveil the upcoming schedule and locations for the Savannah, Georgia-based team’s 2026 season, as well as two additional touring teams slated to join the existing four teams of players along the way.
Members of the Savannah Bananas perform during the game between the Savannah Bananas and the Firefighters at Yankee Stadium on September 13, 2025 in New York, New York.
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In 2025, the Savannah Bananas packed some of the most iconic stadiums across the nation, competing against their partner touring teams, the Party Animals, Firefighters and Texas Tailgaters.
“The Biggest Night in Banana Ball History is here. Tonight we reveal where we’re taking Banana Ball in 2026 and the two newest teams👀,” the Savannah Bananas wrote on Instagram.
In an infographic posted on social media Wednesday, the team noted that the “Ticket Lottery List will go live immediately after the Selection Show ends,” adding the “joining the Lottery List is the only way to get tickets!”
The graphic noted the list will close Oct. 31.
The Savannah Bananas started playing and entertaining baseball fans with their own set of rules in 2016.
Savannah Bananas player Dakota Albritton looks for a fan to throw a ball too before playing The Firefighters at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, August 09, 2025.
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Those unique exhibition rules include allowing players, coaches, and umpires to break out into elaborate dance routines and other circus-like antics in the middle of the game.
Videos of the lighthearted moments have gone viral across social media.
“As a fan who played ball my whole life, I was bored by moments in the game,” Savannah Bananas founder Jesse Cole, told ABC News in a 2023 interview. “I said, ‘How do we make it nonstop entertainment, nonstop fun that fans literally can’t look away?’ You have to watch what’s happening. And so it’s just nonstop entertainment, and that’s what makes it a lot of fun.”
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